Broadway Healthcare Center

In addition to being a respectable facility overall, this place also excelled in the category of inspections, where it earned a grade of A. Few facilities performed better in this category. Inspection scores account for several factors found on a facility's inspection report. One of the most important criteria we rely on is the number and severity of deficiencies. Places with higher grades in this category typically have very few of these severe deficiencies. Fortunately, although this facility had a few minor dings on its inspection report, it had zero severe deficiencies. Severe deficiencies are found in categories G, H, I, J, K and L. This means CMS didn't deem any of the deficiencies on this facility's report to pose an imminent threat to patient safety or health. A couple minor deficiencies shouldn't lead you to cross a nursing home off your list.

This nursing home performed well in the category of nursing. We awarded it an B- for that category, which is one of our highest grades. Our nursing rating is largely based on a facility's level of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per patient each day. This is a much lower figure than we were hoping for. Lastly, our nursing ratings also consider quality-based measures, such as preventing major falls. Despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is often an indicator that a facility has quality controls in place. Many falls can be avoided if a nursing home provides enough nurses aids to assist its residents.

We also gave this facility a middle of the road grade in the category of long-term care, with a C. For prospective patients seeking a permanent residence as opposed to rehabilitation, long-term care grades are very important. Once we finished looking at the amount of nursing care, we then analyzed the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were optimistic to find that this facility vaccinates 100 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Finally, this facility was also able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.02 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is an impressively low number.

This nursing home's worst area is short-term care, which is the last area we looked at. Unfortunately, we gave it an abysmal F in this area. Despite multiple solid scores in other areas, this grade is nevertheless alarming so we felt obligated to make a note of it. Our short-term care ratings are based in part on a nursing home's quantity of skilled nursing services. This includes a broad range of services, ranging from registered nurses to physical and respiratory therapists, not to mention other forms of therapy. With a grade in this range in this category, we weren't surprised to learn this facility was below average in several staffing metrics we looked at. The nursing home offered far fewer registered nurse and physical therapist hours per patient than most other nursing homes. The last statistic we considered in this area is the number of residents who were able to leave the nursing home and return to the community. We discovered that just 4.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home, which is well below average. The combination of these poor metrics doomed this nursing home's short-term care grade.